Updated: Wednesday
With the Heroic Tavern Brawl almost over, it is usually the time for the Mini Set to be announced, which means that we need to be on the lookout for teasers and jokes with alternate meanings and remarks that foreshadow what is coming.
We got that in spades today, as Blizzard tweeted the following exchange:
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— Hearthstone (@PlayHearthstone) January 9, 2024
What Does It Mean?!
So, Blizzard sends a reply that they'll put the last Elemental Lord into the game, what's significant about that? Well, to explain that first a little reminder. We have already seen 3 elemental lords in game: Ragnaros, the elemental lord of Fire, Al'Akir, the lord of Wind, and Neptulon the lord of Water. That leaves 1 element: Earth, and the Elemental lord of the plane of Earth is actually an Elemental lady, Therazane.
Back to why this is significant, it's fairly simple: Showdown in the Badlands brought us the keyword Excavate, and a whole thing about Mining the earth and digging up Azerite. There was also a very strong presence of Elementals. Which then conveniently brings us to Earth Elementals and their master: The Stonemother, Therazane.
So What Could the Mini Set Be About?
Good question. All the named elemental lords so far have been legendaries. Blizzard making this obvious reference, with no preamble, seems to indicate that Therazane is more than a passing reference, and is actually an important factor in this Mini Set. So does Therazane just show up in the Badlands? Probably not. The elemental Lords need to be specifically summoned to Azeroth, as they were banished to their Elemental planes by the Titans long ago. So it is possible that someone summons Therazane to Azeroth, but the more logical and COOL option would be that we somehow end up in Therazane's plane of Earth: Deepholm. Because that is where we also meet her in the original World of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm, where Deepholm and the Stonemother have a whole zone and questing story dedicated to them.
Conclusion
In the end, we need to remember that this is all speculation based on a 2 letter tweet, but you can definitely see the outlines of something that would be a cool and thematically relevant topic to make a Mini Set out of. We will likely see more solid teasers or announcements later this week, but until then, let's get spicy and think about what this all could mean. Leave your opinions in the comments!
More Blizzard Teasing
Mommy? Sorry. https://t.co/E8kMVcV61q
— Cora 💙 (@SongbirdCora) January 9, 2024
— Nicholas “DeckTech” Weiss (@hsdecktech) January 9, 2024
Wednesday's Teaser
Wednesday saw a more clear teaser being tweeted out by Blizzard. Therazane is definitely in the Mini-Set!
Get ready for something gargantuan coming soon... pic.twitter.com/g3pElakFEj
— Hearthstone (@PlayHearthstone) January 10, 2024
uhm , therezane has been in the game longer than woke has been a thing or a word. so try again karen
it seem her design is based on jomama
On what kind of fictional reality having a big breast is parallel of Disney Woke?
Therazane has looked like this since the time when Alextrasza wore nothing but a cape and a thong. Most likely the art for HS is going to be even more subtle because the artistic direction is more oriented for the general public. Something more similar to how Ozara looks in the game.
So I have inside info, the miniset will be "Delve Into Deepholm" it will feature new excavate cards, a return of powerful card effects when deck is Even or Odd, as well as the Earth Mother, Therazane. It ties into WoW is coming out with Delves and also digging deep in their next expansion.
i hope so! I never played WoW but i love learning about the lore. she is way past overdue for an apperance. I always remember her name coming up during expansion reveal season.
Honestly Deepholm seems more like a main set than a mini-set. Maybe the first set of next year? Probably all four elemental plains, though. Deepholm on it's own seems a bit thin for a main set, but too robust for a mini-set. (Plus it has *NOTHING* to do with Badlands/cowboys/the League of Explorers at all)
I really dislike what blizzard is doing with these expansion announcements... Announcements of a announcement of a trailer... I am bedging so hard rn.
We are at the point where Bli$$ard, in order to keep up with their greedy moneygrabbing monetization strategy, are literally trying to dig up and excavate s*** out of their... elemental planes.
Yeah okay.
its the mommy comment for me damn it cora you nailed it xD
The post before the announcement of the announcement of the announcement.
Wow - the oldest joke i have ever seen....
More of a complaint than a joke tbh